The hinterlands are seldom a part of dominant discourse. This book is an attempt to reverse the trend by providing the oft forgotten but productive hinterlands of Assam i.e. the char areas (the river islands), the 'space' it deserves in the mainstream development narratives in northeast India.The history of humanization of the char areas is over a century old. It is well-documented that the colonial administrators facilitated the process of transfer of ...
